Weirdly Intelligent and Orca Whales

kfod · 18-11-2013 07:05PM

I think the whale would have to leave the water at about 9.466m/s to reach 15 feet.

Stainless_Steel · 18-11-2013 07:05PM

Did you ever try to work out the velocity of a football on the xbox after taking a wicked free kick with Stevie G?

No? Well then I'm better than you.

sebastianlieken · 18-11-2013 07:06PM

"WILL HE LIVE A NORMAL LIFE?!?!"

"No, he'll be an engineer"

Pug160 · 18-11-2013 07:16PM

Mr. Nice wrote: »

Ahh, THE picture of THE Orca.
Out of interest, how do you know it was jumping 15 foot (sic)?
Was that 15 foot (sic) above the surface of the water?
Apart from acceleration, what other factors do you think were at play?

Technically, it's incorrect. But how many people have you heard saying ''feet'' rather than ''foot''? Like, for example: ''look at that man over there, he must be about 6 feet tall''. I've never heard someone saying that. Yanks tend to say ''feet'' more often, I have noticed.

Maximus Alexander · 18-11-2013 07:23PM

OP you are the first person ever to calculate the force required to elevate a mass to a particular altitude. With that kind of intelligence, you could revolutionize space travel.

Son Of A Vidic · 18-11-2013 07:27PM

ghogie91 wrote: »

The girlfriend is a little scared

OP, we all know you don't have a girlfriend.

bnt · 18-11-2013 07:35PM

kfod wrote: »

I think the whale would have to leave the water at about 9.466m/s to reach 15 feet.

don't forget drag...

dodderangler · 18-11-2013 07:41PM

bnt wrote: »

don't forget drag...

Maybe the whale doesn't want drag. Maybe it has a girlfriend Nd is happy

Tar.Aldarion · 18-11-2013 07:45PM

Mammals hate her!

Find out the secret orca whales don't want you to know!

Irish Guitarist · 18-11-2013 07:47PM

Whales can't jump that high at all. There's a trampoline under the water.

kfod · 18-11-2013 08:45PM

bnt wrote: »

don't forget drag...

Oh for an ideal world

Capt'n Midnight · 18-11-2013 09:07PM

ghogie91 wrote: »

I thought I would try figure out the acceleration it took the whale to get there factoring in his weight, constant gravitational force and force of water. Basically I wanted to see was this whale more powerful than powerful human made machines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQDWDxHeXU

Miss Lockhart · 18-11-2013 09:45PM

I blame the Big Bang Theory for all these nerd wannabes.

Hunchback · 18-11-2013 09:55PM

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

I blame the Big Bang Theory for all these nerd wannabes.

Sorry, bit off topic, but...
To be fair I'd prefer somebody emulating what they see on the Big Bang over somebody being as publicly stupid as those fuc&wits on The Only Way is Essex.

danniemcq · 18-11-2013 11:59PM

ummmm I can't get the full calculations right now but to move an average killer whale through water you need a crap ton of force.

but from another calculation on force required to move a boat i get this

fw= .5xpxAxV^2

so with fw being force p being water density and A is area i get

.5x1020x(5.1x3.1) you get

fw=8063.1kg but this is all messed up as it doesn't count a lot of crap so

I went back and looked at other examples and worked out some other stuff, considering that feck it physics is a bit broke

6 t whale, jumps 4.5m and stayed in the air for a second.

that gives 270kw of energy.

Thanks to Wolfram alpha that means

362.1hp or

~~ 0.67 × power output of an 18-wheeler (semi trailer) truck engine (~~ 400 kW )
~~ 0.31 × power of the most powerful series-production and road-going car (Bugatti Veyron Super Sport) (~~ 1200 PS )
~~ ( 0.21 ~~ 1/5 ) × power output of a P-51 Mustang fighter airplane (~~ 1.3 MW )

American households supplied by this power:
| (45 to 90) households

Pherekydes · 19-11-2013 09:06AM

Jeez, no one's mentioned yet that Orca isn't a whale?

Maximus Alexander · 19-11-2013 12:18PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Jeez, no one's mentioned yet that Orca isn't a whale?

Apparently there are no marine biologists frequenting After Hours.

danniemcq · 19-11-2013 12:51PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Apparently there are no marine biologists frequenting After Hours.

Fine they are the largest member of the dolphin family, happy?

Maximus Alexander · 19-11-2013 12:56PM

danniemcq wrote: »

Fine they are the largest member of the dolphin family, happy?

Don't know why you quoted me? I have no problem with people not knowing that. Why would you?

They're commonly called killer whales, even by people who work with them. Super pedantic to call people up on that to be honest.

Jaxxy · 19-11-2013 01:16PM

Has anyone seen Blackfish? Plenty of weird intelligence there. Of the real kind.

Micky Dolenz · 19-11-2013 01:41PM

If they are so smart why are they in aquariums?

danniemcq · 19-11-2013 01:43PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

If they are so smart why are they in aquariums?

free food, excellent healthcare, get to play all day, no danger of being attacked or eaten by something else.

Are you sure they aren't smart?

Micky Dolenz · 19-11-2013 01:47PM

Free Willy, dude. You need to see it.

Frank Black · 19-11-2013 01:47PM

ghogie91 wrote: »

The girlfriend is a little scared

First off she's not your girlfriend,
Secondly, you need to stop following her everywhere while humming to yourself - that's what's scaring her.

anncoates · 19-11-2013 01:50PM

Orca sounds a bit hand-wringing and Grizzly Adams In Communion With Nature, doesn't it?

I was brought up watching TV programmes about Killer Whales playing beach ball with seals before ripping them apart.

danniemcq · 19-11-2013 01:50PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Free Willy, dude. You need to see it.

Thought that was off the cards for SSF this year

Pherekydes · 19-11-2013 02:32PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Super pedantic to call people up on that to be honest.

At your service...

sheesh · 19-11-2013 02:42PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Don't know why you quoted me? I have no problem with people not knowing that. Why would you?

They're commonly called killer whales, even by people who work with them. Super pedantic to call people up on that to be honest.

Whale Biologist!

nelly17 · 19-11-2013 02:47PM

danniemcq wrote: »

ummmm I can't get the full calculations right now but to move an average killer whale through water you need a crap ton of force.

but from another calculation on force required to move a boat i get this

fw= .5xpxAxV^2

so with fw being force p being water density and A is area i get

.5x1020x(5.1x3.1) you get

fw=8063.1kg but this is all messed up as it doesn't count a lot of crap so

I went back and looked at other examples and worked out some other stuff, considering that feck it physics is a bit broke

6 t whale, jumps 4.5m and stayed in the air for a second.

that gives 270kw of energy.

Thanks to Wolfram alpha that means

362.1hp or

~~ 0.67 × power output of an 18-wheeler (semi trailer) truck engine (~~ 400 kW )
~~ 0.31 × power of the most powerful series-production and road-going car (Bugatti Veyron Super Sport) (~~ 1200 PS )
~~ ( 0.21 ~~ 1/5 ) × power output of a P-51 Mustang fighter airplane (~~ 1.3 MW )

American households supplied by this power:
| (45 to 90) households

You forgot the Higgs Boson

Mass

125.3 ± 0.4 (stat) ± 0.5 (sys) GeV/c2,[4] 126.0 ± 0.4 (stat) ± 0.4 (sys) GeV/c2[5]

Mean lifetime

1.56×10−22 s[Note 2] (predicted in the Standard Model)

Decays into

(observed) W and Z bosons, two photons. (Others still being studied)

Electric charge

0

Color charge

0

Spin

0 (tentatively confirmed at 125 GeV)[1]

Parity

+1 (tentatively confirmed at 125 GeV

danniemcq · 19-11-2013 02:57PM

nelly17 wrote: »

You forgot the Higgs Boson

no i didn't its just neglibible. plus i did say feck physics as i never took into consideration of drag through water

Weirdly Intelligent and Orca Whales

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